Friday, June 14, 2013

Getting it wrong

My wife and I have had three experiences in recent days where reporters covering stories have simply gotten far too much wrong in what they wrote. It's a cause for journalistic concern.
One was an article in the Triangle Business Journal that identified my wife's organization as based in Durham when it is located, and always has been, in Chapel Hill.
A second, also concerning that organization, was in the Chapel Hill News. This time, very important issues of geography and statistics simply were wrong in the story.
Finally, a story in the Herald-Sun referring to the Obey Creek property in Chapel Hill made factual errors of considerable importance.
None of these three had been corrected at last check.

About Me

Media/internet lawyer and advocate. Irish and US citizen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina). Thirty-five year career working with newspapers and other media to pursue opportunities and solve problems. Working on a center for the media of all the countries around the Mediterranean basin - the Mediterranean Media Center in Nice, France - and digital services addressing food in North Carolina. Member of the Washington, DC Bar.